Iron fence-post



(No Model.)

' J. S. POX.

. IRON FENGE POST.

No, 248,443. Patented Oct; 18,1881.

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JAMES S. FOX, OF AURORA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO ARGHIBALD GHISHOLM, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

IRON FENCE-POST.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 248,443, dated October 18, 1881. Application filed February 26, 1881. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES S. FOX, a citizen of Ontario, Canada, residing at Aurora, county of Kane, and State of Illinois, haveinvented a new and useful Improvement in Iron Fence-Posts; and I do hereby declare the t'ollowing to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being bad to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification.

Myinvention relates to iron or wire fences; and it consists in providing a cheap and durable wrought-iron post, so constructed as not to require any machinery or skilled labor in its production, hence can be made by the farmer or others who may require their use at the place where they are to be set, thereby saving expense in their transportation, thus producing them at little above the first cost of the material employed.

My invention is fully illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a side elevation, Fig. 2 a front elevation, Fig. 3 a vertical section, and Figs. 4 and 5 views of the clamps.

In the construction of my post (shown by A, Fig. 2) a bar of iron about fourteen feet long is required, which I bend, as shown in the drawings, by first doubling it at a, near the middle of the bar, thus forming two parallel vertical bars, b I). Then at 0, about five and a half feet from a, or the upper end of the post, I bend each end of the bar outward at or near a right angle with the vertical bars. Then at (Z, I bend each of the ends upward for about an inch, then inward or back parallel with the horizontal base to e, forming an opening or slip for the anchor B to rest in, then upward alongside the vertical bar I) to the point where it is clasped by the screw-clamp 0.

If iron of sufficient strength is employed it will not be necessary to extend the ends of the bars upward as a brace alongside the vertical bar b, but have it terminate at e.

The anchors B may consist of short pieces of bar or cast iron, burned tile, or other suitable material, their purpose being to hold the posts firmly in the ground after the earth is replaced aud stamped down.

The screw-clamp 0 (shown in Fig. 4) consists of the clasp f, the screw-hook g, and the nut h.

The claspfhas its two ends bent to a right angle, so as to clasp the vertical bars of the post, and at its center has a hole, through which the threaded end of the screw-hook 9 passes.

The screw-hook g is bent to form a half-circle at one end, thus forming a hook to clasp the wire, and is threaded at the other end to receive the threaded nut h.

The nut h serves to draw the wire rigidly against the post, as well as to hold the four vertical bars forming the base or lower portion of the post in their proper position.

The hook-clamp D (shown in Fig. 5) consists of a short piece of wire doubled in the middle to form two parallel bars, then the two ends are curved outward to form half-circles, thus providing at that end the two hooks ii, to clasp the vertical bars b b of the post A. Then the doubled end is bent over to form the third hook,j, which clasps the wire. This last hook, j, is not formed complete until after the wires are strained to the posts, when, with a suitable instrument, I press the doubled end firmly down upon the wire, which enables the clamp to hold the wire desired point.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

A fence-post consisting ot'a bar of iron bent to form two parallel vertical bars of a desired length, the two ends bent outward in a horizontal direction, back in the same direction, thus forming on each side of its base two parallel horizontal bars, between which the anchors B may rest, and bent upward alongside the vertical bars to where they are clasped by the clamp O, substantially as specified.

JAMES S. FOX. Witnesses:

J. D. GOODRICH, J. W. POWERS.

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